The fugitive ex-Los Angeles police officer sought in three killings exchanged shots with authorities in the San Bernardino Mountains. Two officers have been wounded.

Police stand at a roadblock at Hwy. 38 and Bryant Street just north of Yucaipa, Calif. as a gunfight between police and fugitive ex-Los Angeles cop Christopher Dorner takes place farther up the highway in the mountain community of Seven Oaks.

A fugitive ex-Los Angeles cop sought in three killings was barricaded in a cabin in the San Bernardino Mountains on Tuesday after a shootout with authorities that wounded two officers. (Feb. 12)

LOS ANGELES—Fugitive former police officer Christopher Dorner has allegedly wounded at least two San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies in a gun battle Tuesday afternoon near Big Bear, Calif., sources say.

Dozens of law enforcement officers were racing to the last reported scene of the gun battle near the 7 Oaks Rd. area where Dorner is reported to be barricaded in a cabin.

“There are deputies everywhere on the ground and on foot,” said Cindy Bachman, a San Bernardino County sheriff’s spokeswoman.

Local television news outlets were airing the sounds of gunfire and shouting in live broadcasts from the ski resort area, east of Los Angeles.

The two wounded deputies were airlifted to a local hospital with unknown injuries. Dorner’s status was not immediately known as the gunfight continued.

The shootings began after Dorner broke into a home, tied up a couple and stole a white pickup truck, sources said. One of the couple was able to escape and phone for help.

San Bernardino County sheriff’s spokeswoman Jodi Miller confirmed that deputies responded to a report of a stolen vehicle about 12:20 p.m. The resident who reported the theft said the suspect matched Dorner’s description.

The U.S. Forest Service confirms there was an exchange of gunfire between officers on foot and the suspect in the Santa Ana River drainage, north of State Highway 38 and south of Big Bear Valley.

Officers have crisscrossed California for days pursuing the more than 1,000 tips that poured in about Dorner’s possible whereabouts, including efforts in Tijuana, Mexico, San Diego County and Big Bear.

The search focused on Big Bear last week after Dorner’s burning truck was found on a local forest road. At its height, more than 200 officers combed the mountain, checking cabins one by one. It was scaled back Sunday. About 30 officers were out in the field Tuesday.

Dorner allegedly threatened “unconventional and asymmetrical warfare” against police in a lengthy manifesto that authorities say he posted on Facebook.

The posting named dozens of potential targets, including police officers, whom Dorner allegedly threatened to attack.

Records state the manifesto was discovered by authorities Wednesday, three days after the slaying of a couple in Irvine: Monica Quan and her fiance, Keith Lawrence.

Quan was the daughter of a retired LAPD captain whom Dorner allegedly blamed in part for his firing from the force in 2009.

Federal documents also provide new details on Dorner’s alleged attack against officers early Thursday in Riverside County.

The first shooting was in Corona after an eyewitness reported a person matching Dorner’s description at a gas station, telling an LAPD officer “who was detailed to the area to protect one of the officials whom Dorner had threatened,” according to the court records.

“When the officer drove by the gas station, the suspect exited his vehicle and fired an assault rifle at the officer, hitting the officer’s vehicle,” according to the court records.

The LAPD later said the officer received a grazing wound.

About 30 minutes later, Dorner opened fire on Riverside police officers “who were in the area searching for Dorner,” the documents said.

On that detail, the account conflicts with a statement provided to the media by Riverside police officials, who said the officers were stopped at a red light and were not looking for Dorner.

Riverside Officer Michael Crain, 34, a married father of two who served two tours in Kuwait in the Marines, was killed in the attack. His partner remains hospitalized.

Dorner was charged Monday with one count of murder, with special-circumstance allegations in the killing of a peace officer and the discharge of a firearm from a vehicle, in connection with Crain’s death. He faces three additional charges of attempted murder.

Riverside District Attorney Paul Zellerbach said Dorner might be eligible for the death penalty if convicted.

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